Beauty pageants are intensely competitive, even when the contestants claim to be good friends. And this one also had multiple groups of protesters who had different reasons but the same goal — stopping the pageant.

Plus, there were old flames and ex-business partners in attendance at the Yoknapatawpha County Literature Festival pageant.

Still… pageants don't usually end with a contestant dead.

Did someone come to this pageant intending to kill Barbara Dubois? Did she say or do something during the pageant that pushed somebody over the edge? Or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

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DOB: 12/4/1923 Occupation: Florist, retired Hometown: New Orleans, LA Relationship to case: Howard Hadley's ex-girlfriendExcerpt: "Bea was considerably tougher and less lighthearted by the time she hooked up with local factory worker Howard Hadley in 1953."

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In 1998, Doris Hammack was able to convince Detective Nelson to re-examine the 40-year-old Izard case. Did her theories persuade you that she really might be the long-lost daughter of the murdered Izards?

Are the inquiries into Doris Hammack's story finally uncovering evidence about who brutally beat Richard and Lisa Izard to death back in 1958?

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The more evidence we uncover, the more it looks like Cindy Fine hasn't told us everything about what happened the night her husband was murdered. Does her latest version of the story identify Andy's killer?

Detectives Armstrong and Murphy want your help to find out. Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the Community and the Forums.

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The more witnesses we talk to, the more Andy Fine looks like a not-so-nice guy. Did his bad side finally push someone too far? Or was his murder motivated by something completely unrelated to his unpleasant personality?

Detectives Armstrong and Murphy want your help to find out. Examine the evidence, and share your theories in the Community and the Forums.